얼음들이 녹아지면If the ice melted
조금 더 따뜻한 노래가 나올텐데There would be a more mild/warm song
얼음들은 왜 그렇게 차가울까But why is the ice so cold?
차가울까요Why is it so cold?

Why are they so cold
Why are they so cold

붉은 해가 세수하던 파란 바다The blue ocean that the red sun used to wash its face
그 깊이 묻힌 옛 온기를 바라본다Looking at the warmth that has been buried deep away
too late get it out
어른들 세상 추위도 풀렸으면 해Wishing this coldness in the world of adults would unweave
얼었던 사랑이 이젠 주위로 흘렀으면 해wishing the frozen love would melt away now

맘속에 찾아온 어둠을 그대로 두고Into the heart darkness found its way
밤을 덮은 차가운 그림자마냥 굳어간다The nights has been covered with cold shadows has become harden

얼음들이 녹아지면If the ice melted
조금 더 따뜻한 노래가 나올텐데There would be a more mild/warm song
얼음들은 왜 그렇게 차가울까But why is the ice so cold?
차가울까요Why is it so cold?

얼음들이 녹아지면If the ice melted
조금 더 따뜻한 노래가 나올텐데There would be a more mild/warm song
얼음들은 왜 그렇게 차가울까But why is the ice so cold?
차가울까요Why is it so cold?

Last week a friend and I met up for dinner at my new found restaurant, Go Choo.

Last time I remembered they served ddeokbokki to some girls, however it was not to be found on the menu.

So I asked if they had it, and they did..despite the very expensive price we decided to buy it.

In Korea I can get this dish for US$2,5-3, here it cost aprox US$28!!!

To be honest at first I thought I misheard the price but sadly not. Anyway luckily it was delicious!! it truly was!! And since we shared it, it was okay, but I doubt I'll buy it again because, well... it's way cheaper to buy the ingredients and make it at home!

I wonder what I should try next time...

Yukejang, sun tufu jjigae or bibimbap!? (^^;;)

Go Choo's Bulgogi

Very spicy, delicious, and the most expensive ddeokbokki I have ever had in my entire life!

I sent the picture of the ddeokbokki to a friend of mine, he wonder if the black seeds were caviar or if the fish was shark fin! I said..nope..regular black sesame seeds and fish cake. ^^

I found out something amazing yesterday, in the drama world ^^
KimuTaku's HERO, from 2001, is doing a comeback! It's the first time in 7 years Kimutaku will play this role!
However this time it will be without Matsu Takako. Instead we'll see Kitagawa Keiko! It's their first time to act together since Tsuki no Koibito from 2010.
Some old cast members like Kohinata Fumiyo, Yashima Norito, Kadono Takuzo, and Tanaka Yoji, will also return to this new season! Other new cast members are Sugimoto Tetta, Hamada Gaku, Yoshida Yo, and Matsushige Yutaka.

For all of u who have missed out on this drama... well... "HERO" is about an, well, unconventional prosecutor named "Kuryu Kohei" of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office, Jousai branch. The drama was also adapted into a movie in 2007.

The new season of "HERO" will begin airing sometime in July on Fuji TV (Monday's 9:00 pm).

Meiji University in Tokyo Japan offers a course in "Arashi knowledge".
I have never heard such a thing before, and despite being an Arashi fan, I do think it's kinda absurd in one way, and awesome in another! I know Japan is different but a real uni course!? Also, at Meiji of all universities!! Well if I'd enroll this course I'd probably get an A without studying XD

English translation of the course methodology
1. Introduction - Arashi's Era
2. The Culture of Johnny's Entertainment
3. Before Arashi, focusing on SMAP
4. Changes in Arashi's PVs - Before big break
5. Changes in Arashi's PVs - After big break
6. A comparison of the members of Arashi
7. Arashi members as they appear on variety shows
8. Arashi in dramas
9. Arashi in commercials
10. Arashi in concert
11. Arashi and J-Pop
12. Arashi and K-Pop
13. Johnny's Entertainment post-Arashi
14. Overview on the Era of Arashi
15. Test

To be honest, expensive, but we got them..
4 tickets to 4minute's #‎4MinuteFanBash‬ in Stockholm on May 25.
As we are not huge fans we decided on the normal general admission tickets.
Instead of being hard core fans, we are going as we think it's a fun thing to do as friends, and it has been quite some time since we went to a concert in Sweden!

It's gonna be fun to see 4Minute again, I haven't seen them live for a long time.
And this will be for the very first time outside Korea!
I wonder how many people will turn up, also how many will be Swedes and how many will be from other countries. Also, how many do actually understand Korean?! ^^

Thursday, 24 April 2014

I found this on Facebook, I just died of laugher!
You'd never imagine to see this at the local, or any gym for that matter XD
I just love the other people starring, wishing that's how it'd actually be in the gym!!

Although she was my fave AKB48 member, I still doubt her ability to make it big, after all her voice is not so powerful. I guess it's all about her charms!?
What do you all think of Atsuko's solo?!
Here is her latest single Seventh Chord!

"Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified." - Matthew 28:1-6

Sunday, 20 April 2014

I have booked my housing in Seoul!
We'll see if I'll stick with it or try to find something else, But it was a good price.
The place is located closeby Hapjeong station. I'll have my own room, pc, tv, bathroom.
And possibility to do laundry!!
I wanted to stay at the Gangnam place I stayed at last summer, but it cost 5 times as much, so I felt..naah.
I rather spend my money on something else (^^;;;)

"Jesus replied, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life."- John 12:23-25

"For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born."- 1 Corinthians 15:3-8

I found this on Youtube!
I think it's amazing, I think they bride and groom and the rest of the people in the church got a very happy surprise!!
I'd die of happiness and joy if this were to happen at my future wedding.

Lyrics

WE JOIN TOGETHER HERE TODAY,
TO HELP TWO PEOPLE ON THEIR WAY,
AS LEAH AND CHRIS START THEIR LIFE TOGETHER,
AND NOW WE'VE REACHED THEIR SPECIAL DATE,
WE'VE COME TO HELP THEM CELEBRATE,
AND SHOW THEM HOW MUCH WE LOVE THEM TOO,
HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH
HALLELUJAH,
AS LEAH IS WALKING UP THE AISLE,
AND CHRIS LOOKS UP AND GIVES A SMILE,
THE LOVE THAT FLOWS BETWEEN THEM FILLS THE CHURCH,
WITH LEAH'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY ON HER SIDE,
SHE REALLY IS THE BLUSHING BRIDE,
WITH LOVE AND PRIDE THEY LEAD HER
HALLELUJAH,
HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH
HALLELUJAH,
WITH THE PRIEST AND THE FAMILY WHO LEAD THE PRAYERS,
WE SAY OUR LINES AND THEY SAY THEIRS,
I GUIDE THEM THROUGH THE CEREMONY,
AND IN THIS HOUSE OF GOD ABOVE,
THEY JOIN THEIR HANDS TO SHOW THEIR LOVE,
AND SAY THOSE MOST IMPORTANT WORDS THAT YOU HEARD,
HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH
HALLELUJAH
HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH
HALLELUJAH
HALLELUJAH
HALLELUJAH

Also this movie I found by chance on Youtube. And well.. I blame Kei-chan for this one too!It was interesting, I think I have missed out on Kei-chan's earlier work, I mean she was more fierce and angry back then ^^This movie too brings up an interesting topic about how life can become, hardships and friendship.It is adapted from the manga "Dear Friends" by YOSHI, and art by Watanabe Ayu.

Story
Dear Friends follows a high-school student named Rina who believes that friends are not necessary and that they can only be used in times of need. Thus, she is unable to maintain a decent relationship with her friends and classmates. Her family's relationship is also lacking; her father does not care much about his family and her mother is over-protective.
Rina spends a lot of her time going to a club in Shibuya where Yousuke is the disc jockey with her friends Hiroko and Emi. Yousuke falls for Rina, but her attitude has a feral edge, and they neck but stop short of having sex.
After obtaining a large amount of money under false pretenses (i.e. claiming she is pregnant when she is not and forcing the guy [not Hiroko's boyfriend or Yousuke] to pay for the abortion) and spending it on a bottle of Dom Pérignon (which she sprays over everyone at the club), Rina collapses on the dance floor. She eventually discovers that she has cancer (non-Hodgkin lymphoma) and becomes hospitalized for an indefinite amount of time. In the hospital, she is not visited by her family, but by one of her classmates named Maki. Although Maki tells Rina that they were friends in primary school, Rina does not remember her, so Maki takes the opportunity to re-connect with her. A young girl, Kanae, who is also hospitalized tries to become friends with Rina, but she holds fast onto her mantra of friends being unnecessary.
Throughout her hospitalization, Rina begins to lose hope as her well-being falls apart...

I found this by chance when browsing around youtube the other night. As Kei-chan was starring in it I thought it would be interesting to watch. It was a good story, and I liked it a lot.As always having some kind of handicap it is difficult, especially in places where people are not as nice about it.

Story
Born into strict home in Aomori, Saito Rie lose hearing at age of one year and 10 months by the after-effects of meningitis. Rie gradually drops out of high school and instead get involved with alcohol, tobacco, and shoplifting. She becomes a so called "bad daughter of Aomori". Later, Rie find herself accepted and join a hostess club. This is also where she gets to know the work of hospitality and acceptance despite of being deaf. She also gets to know the dream of a hostess, to work in Ginza, Tokyo. This drama tells the story of Saito Rie who becomes the number one hostess of the "conversation by writing skills".

Monday, 14 April 2014

Korea's loved siblings are finally releasing their debut album.It's titled Play and contains 11 tracks, and all songs are made by Chan Hyuk!! He's only 17 but he is a great composer.However although it's great with new tracks, there were some songs like Crescendo and 다리꼬지마 that I miss on this album!I guess you cannot have it all!? Also it's nice to see this kind of music in Korea and under YG Entertainment! Great debut album!!

I used to study Korean with Sam, one of the guys in this video. Lately it seems he's on various shows in Korea, making it B I G! I think it's fun for him, after all.. it's not easy to make it with all Kpop stars.(Sam is the black guy)

Oh well.. take a look at this song, it's their song to cheer on the Korean football team in the upcoming Brazil World Cup!!

Sunday, 13 April 2014

I was actually surprised to hear them singing in English and it's better than i thought.
I know it sounds bad.. but well.. Asians are not famous for the English! rather EngRish.
Also this song is from the movie Make your Move!

This movie too, I had heard a lot, some said it was good, other so-so.I agree with the ones saying it was so-so. The movie has its charms and good bits here and there, but to me it was too much talk and not so much action. It felt like reading a biography. Which I do like, but it was not what I expected. However it was interesting to learn the scenes behind the success of Mary Poppins.Still I'm not convinced how to judge this movie... Or maybe it was ruined because of my expectations!?

★★★

Plot
In London in 1961, financially struggling author Pamela "P. L." Travers reluctantly agrees to travel to Los Angeles to meet with Walt Disney at the urging of her agent Diarmuid Russell. Disney has been courting Travers for 20 years, seeking to acquire the film rights to her Mary Poppins stories, on account of his daughters' request to make a film based on the character. Travers, however, has been extremely hesitant toward letting Disney bring her creation to the screen because he is known primarily as a producer of animated films, which Travers openly disdains.
Her youth in Allora, Queensland in 1906 is depicted through flashbacks, and is shown to be the inspiration for much of Mary Poppins. Travers was very close to her handsome and charismatic father Travers Robert Goff, who fought a losing battle against alcoholism.
Upon her arrival in Los Angeles, Travers is disgusted by what she feels is the city’s unreality, as well as by the naïve optimism and intrusive friendliness of its inhabitants, personified by her assigned limo driver, Ralph.
At the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, Travers begins collaborating with the creative team assigned to develop Mary Poppins for the screen, screenwriter Don DaGradi, and music composers Richard and Robert Sherman.
Travers’ working relationship with the creative team is difficult from the outset, with her insistence that Mary Poppins is the enemy of sentiment and whimsy. Disney and his associates are puzzled by Travers’ disdain for fantasy, given the fantastical nature of the Mary Poppins story, as well as Travers’ own richly imaginative childhood existence. Travers has particular trouble with the team’s depiction of George Banks, head of the household in which Mary Poppins is employed as nanny. Travers describes Banks’ characterization as completely off-base and leaves the room distraught. The team begins to grasp how deeply personal the Mary Poppins stories are to Travers, and how many of the work’s characters are directly inspired by Travers’ own past...

The movie was so-so.. but I like a lot of the songs from the soundtrack!I give it many thumbs up!! ^^My fave songs are Let me in, You found me, Runnin on Empty, Fall For You, and Catching Shadows.I donno, I don't have a lot to say, I mean the songs fit the movie and it's a soundtrack... It's fun to get some English songs with all Kpop artists. What I miss is a track by BoA herself!? I think I read she did the Let me in during the movie... but it's not on the album?!SNSD's Cheap Cheeper sounds a like Britney Spears's Womanizer, or is it just me!? And why didn't f(x) do an original song for this movie, why use NU ABO?

I'm so happy I could die.. ^^It's finally coming! I have been so afraid it wouldn't but unexpected here it is.And it's coming so soon!!This year is their 15th and so busy. 3 singles and 1 dvd before May ends! I wonder what the rest of the year holds!!One of my close friends attended Arafes last year and said it was A W E S O M E! So I know there's a lot to expect!May 21, Hurry up and come ^^

This album was actually released back in 2012, and I have only heard the singles until now.I found the cd on sale (US$8) so I felt, why not!? ^^And Danish music is never disappointing that's for sure. I like this hmm...teenage boy sound ^^I guess it's because I like Christopher's voice! To think about it, it'd be awesome if he was promoted in Sweden and other countries too, thinking of the music that people like, can I call it mainstream!? Then well... he fits right in!My fave songs on this album is Set the Record Straight, Against the Odds, Unbreakable, and Lots of Downs. ^^

★★★★

1 Mine, Mine, Mine2 Nothing in Common3 Avalanche4 Set the Record Straight5 Against the Odds6 Morning Light7 Unbreakable8 Big Mistake9 Colours (Feat. Frida Amundsen)10 Still in Love11 Lots of Downs

I was skeptic already when I heard that they'd re-make this movie in Hollywood.

And well.. with all rights. This version was REALLY REALLY bad!!

They have missed so many parts that was essential to the whole movie.

I didn't like the acting either, it was too american and too much. I think it was sad how they could ruin such a great movie!!

★

Story
In 1993, alcoholic advertising executive Joe Doucett ruins a meeting with a potential client, Daniel Newcombe, by hitting on his girlfriend. Afterwards, Joe gets drunk, and goes to a bar owned by his friend Chucky, who refuses him entry. While stuck outside, he spots a woman with a yellow umbrella, before being knocked unconscious.
He awakens in an isolated hotel room and finds he is a prisoner. His captors provide him with basic hygiene items and meager portions of processed Chinese food, along with a pint of vodka with every meal to prevent withdrawal. Through the TV, Joe hears that he has been framed for the rape and murder of his ex-wife and that his daughter, Mia, has been adopted. After being prevented from committing suicide, Joe starts writing Mia letters, gives up drinking, and spends the next 20 years planning his revenge. He becomes a skilled boxer by watching televised matches, and compiles a list of everyone who might be responsible for his imprisonment, with Newcombe being the prime suspect.
In 2013, Joe watches an adult Mia being interviewed by a TV show called "Unresolved Mysteries of Crime", and claiming she'd be willing to forgive him if he returns. Suddenly, he is drugged and awakes in a box in a field, with money and a cell phone...

I found this video with lots of interesting facts about my hometown Stockholm!
Take a look and see if you like it.
Of course this is all about roses and there are downs as well, but hey...let us leave the bad and focus on the good for a sec!

Wednesday, 9 April 2014

I had a lot higher hopes for this movie, I heard about this one ages ago, but I haven't had the time to watch it until now. And well... it was a disappointment. So much US and Hollywood in it, it didn't feel real at all.I like most of the actors but this movie felt well... weird!?Oh well, now I have seen it. And will probably never do again.

★

Plot
In late medieval Japan, Kai is a half-Japanese, half-British outcast who lives in the domain of Ako, ruled by the benevolent Lord Asano Naganori, who found a young Kai lost in the forest and accepted him into his household. Despite being scorned by the samurai due to his lowborn status and mixed ancestry, Kai falls in love with Asano's daughter, Mika.
Before a visit from Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Lord Asano is visited by the Shogun's master of ceremonies, Lord Kira, who becomes attracted to Mika. He arranges a duel for the entertainment of the Shogun between his best warrior, the Lovecraftian Samurai, and one chosen by Oishi, principal counselor to Lord Asano. Ako's champion, Yasuno is found by Kai to be incapacitated before the duel by the sorceress Mizuki, working for Lord Kira.
Kai secretly dons Yasuno's armor and fights the Lovecraftian Samurai, but his disguise is broken and he is sentenced to punishment. Later that night, Mizuki bewitches Asano into believing Kira is raping Mika, causing Asano to attack an unarmed Kira in delirium. While the offense for attacking a Shogunate official is execution, the Shogun allows Asano to die with honor through seppuku, grants the domain of Ako to Lord Kira, and brands Oishi and his men Ronin. Kira demands Mika's hand in marriage on the spot, but the Shogun grants her one year to mourn the death of her father, and forbids the Ronin of Ako from seeking vengeance. To ensure there is no interference, Kira imprisons Oishi in an outdoor pit to break his spirit...